The physique of an Osedax worm is seen inside the basis of a shark’s tooth, with the worm’s gelatinous tube hanging down
Greg Rouse, Scripps Oceanography
Deep-sea worms feast on the tooth of lifeless sharks that fall to the seafloor. These worms had been beforehand recognized to eat whale bones and the stays of bony fish, however when these are scarce, shark tooth could also be a key supply of meals.
Osedax worms are strange-looking creatures with frilly pink gills. They don’t have any mouth or abdomen, so that they depend on microbes dwelling inside them to soak up …